Plaiting or braiding long hair for men

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Shaykh Ebrahim Salejee

Q: Is it permissible for a male to plait or braid long (Zulfa) hair? If a male has long (Zulfa) hair and he occasionally plaits them with the intention of sunnah will he be rewarded?

Bismillaah

A: No. It is not permissible.

عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم المتشبهين من الرجال بالنساء والمتشبهات من النساء بالرجال (صحيح البخاري رقم 5885)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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